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OPINION

Letters to the Editor for Dec. 7, 2017

Liberty and net neutrality for all

Net neutrality is essential to free speech, freedom of information and a free press. It has given a voice to those who long had none. America was founded "of the people, by the people, for the people", not "for those who have the most money." Repealing net neutrality is in direct defiance of principles which are the very backbone of our country. Actions like this will only worsen the imbalance of power and widening class divide that is currently threatening our country. Americans need to be free to raise our voices! We should not be censored by those with a self-serving agenda. Controlling what information its citizens have access to is a trait of totalitarian countries, not democratic ones. To those in power: if you love America and its people at all, save net neutrality.Danielle Bownes, Cordova

Forrest should be vilified, not lionized

As someone who has lived in Memphis just 18 months, I think this is where a newcomer's point of view can be of value: The idea of mediation over the removal (or non-removal) of the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest is ludicrous. This is a man who took up arms against his country and, beyond that, was a founder of the Ku Klux Klan. Should we forget about the role that men like Forrest played in our national history? No, because to do so would be at our peril. That said, lionizing and memorializing traitors and racists such as Forrest in our public places serves no civic purpose and only telegraphs that we, as a society, are still willing to put up with and condone messages of inequality and hate.Keith Goldberg, Memphis